Register To Vote

Your Vote Is Your Voice

As Shadow Minister for Voter Engagement and Youth Affairs, its vitally important to me that everyone has the opportunity to vote in both local and general elections. I strongly believe the voting age should be lowered to 16 but for now everyone aged 18+ can register and this is how…

Registering is easy and only takes a couple of minutes. To register or check you are already registered visit www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.

Make sure that you are not turned away at the ballot box at an election. While you should only need to register to vote once, if you have moved or gone away to university, you will need to re-register.

Individuals are not automatically registered to vote when they turn eighteen, but 16 and 17-year-olds can put themselves on the register so that they will be ready to vote as soon as they turn 18.

If you plan to vote in person, you will need to make sure that the address you will be at on 3 May is the one you are registered for.

Voting by post

You must apply for a postal vote if you want to vote by post, for example if: